Distributing apparatus



Oct. 2.3, 1923.

J. H. POPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATU Filed June 20 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 23, 1923.

, 1,471,354 J. H. POPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS Filed June 20. 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. H. POPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS Filed June 20, 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Oct 23,1923. 1,471,354

J. H. POPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS Filed June 20, 1919 Patented @ct. L23, 1923.

SACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR UNITED SHDE E CHIHEBY CORPORATION, OF EATER-SO15, JERSEY, A CGBPOBATIGN OF NEW JERSEY;

DISTRIBUTING A?PARATUS.

Application filed June 20, 1315. erial No. 305366.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrr-i Porn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain 1m provements in Distributing A oparatus, or ivhich the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the 10 drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to distributing apparatus, and more particularly to such apparatus for arranging nails which are to be employed for attaching heels to shoes.

the magazine method of supplying nails to heeling' machines, said nails are delivered by a distributor to a receiver, which may be in theiorin of a block, there being holding devices, as openings, into which the desired number of nails'are .Aine block thus supplied is then for application to a heeling; machine The ready by which the nails are utilized. The openings are prelerabh arranged in series to which the distributor successively delivers, the series equaling in number the nails to be employed in each heel-attaching operation, and the openings in each series corresponding to the number of heels which are to be at tached with nails taken from a particular block. A convenient receiving block is rectangular in form and or" a s ze about 5;- by 6-}- inches, these dimensions being controlled by conditions at the heel-attachi machine.

in this area there have heretofore been placed thirteen series oi nail-holding opcn-' ingz's, approximately oi an inch in chamedireetion at s, by

ill me an nails fed from the block to the nailing nice i series taken at right angles to thos e defined. That isgthey are used inscries which individually ie transversely The holdingof the blockandcontain thirteen nails, or

fewer, until twentysi our series along the series having their openings alined across the block cannot be increased from thirteen to twenty-five, because the relative magni tude of thediameter of the openings and t e width of th block make" th s -e 1 s l 111113085 ble. In view of such' conditions, an object of this invention is to provide, in a distribu'ting apparatus, forthc reception, with in a predetermined area, of a larger number of SGIlGSOf holding devices than is possible when the device :11 the successive series are aimed." This I accomplish by the use.

vices disposed in differently arranged sets which extend between one another, the de vices successive series preferably being: difi erently alined.

parallel, staggered series of openings. Vith the block or other receiver. co-operates'a delivery means, and there is means for producing relative move ent between the receiver and delivery means to cause the sup- 1? 11 "i i i e reception oi -11211lS I have shown a block, in which are of a receiver having its series of holding dej 11y to the different sets of holdingdevices,

, I preferto move the delivery means into co operation'ivithone set otholding devices or another, this being illustrated as accome plished' by anoblique movement;

Anotherob1ect of the invention is to gi e -automatic control of the delivery to the receiver foran'y one of the sets of holding devices, as the 'steppmg of the feed-of nails to 'tlie'openings in the recciverebloek. 'ln

aceomplishingthis, I have means identifieiil with each set'of hOl Cl Hg' CiSVAQGS forcon trolling relative movement between them and the delive'ry means, tog rether with means ada ted to determine for'gwhich set the increment: shall be controlled. Preferably there is a commonselecting means, lVillCll-z both controls movement between the delivery means and receiver, and determines the r *Jarticular set of holding devices with reference to which control is to be exercised. That is, by a single actuating member, as a shaft, the operator may arrange for the delivery of nails to one or another set of series of nail-holding openings and for simultaneously stopping the delivery in connection with the particular set which is receiving nails.

An additional object of the invention is to insure the proper delivery of nails to the holding openings of the receiver. v This I accomplish by a novel arrangement of guide member having openings for respective alinement with the receiver openings. It is preferably movable into and out of cooperation with the receiver to permit the application or removal of the latter. The guide -member is interposed between the delivery means and the receiver and serves to prevent long nails heldin the receiver openings from interfering with the adjacent openings by becoming inclined over them as the delivery means releases successive se ries by moving from the receiver. guide member mayalso perform a double function, being mounted upon the receiver su snort and en a ine the receiver to sea- 1. b t: c:

rably secure it upon said support.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating one of several possible embodiments of my invention,

Fig. l i aside elevation thereof;

Fig.2 is a front elevation, parts being F broken away Fig. 3 is an enlarged, broken top plan view of the nail-receiver and more closely associated parts; r

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough i Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a detail, in sectional elevation, of the mounting for the feed-controlling projection; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the receiver block.

The general organization of the appara tus for distributing nails may be as illustrated in my Patent No. 1,005,303, dated Uctober 10, 191.1. I The nails are supplied by arotatable drum 10 to a reciorocatoii'y feeding mechanism 12, including nail-ways 1d and a suitable balancing device (not illus trated), which cause their delivery, heads foremost, to a series of openings in an oscillatory discharge roll 16. In these openings successive series of nails are temporarily retained by stop-bar l8, and then, upon the oscillation of the roll, are discharged through conduits 20 into pockets in an oscillatory reversing roll 22, being controlled in their travel by a gate 2%. From the reversing'roll, when it is turned through approximately (egress, the halls 'talllnto a series of tubes or conduits 26 suspended from a head bar 28. The discharge roll receives its movement through a lever system 30, operated by a cam disk 32 trictionally driven from the main power shaft 34. (lean ing 36 transmits the rotary movement of the discharge roll to the reversing roll. It retaining bar 88 normallyholds the disk against rotation, and it may be releases for operation of the discharge roll and reversing roll by a vertically movable tripping rod 410.

In ways 42 in the base oi" the apparatus is mounted to slide a carriage or support as, upon the upper horizontal face of which is mounted a receiver having nail-holding devices, In the present instance, this receiver consists of a block 46 provided with vertical openings L8 for the nails, which are releasably retained in the openin s by a slide 50 movable across the lower ot' the lock. Such a receiver is adapted for en ployment in a magazine system for supplying nails to a heel attaching machine. The particular utilization of the receiver is not, i wever, directly concerned in the presen invention; It will be sullicient to say that the nails in the rereiver are to be used connection with making a pluralit 7 pairs of shoes, and that there may be HQCES" sary for the operation upon each shoe :1 number of nails up to a certain maximum For this purpose, the openings in the block are arranged in s ries suiceeding one an other in a direction at an angle to the cxtension of the individual series, they prefer ably being parallel to onc'another and to opposite edges of: said block. lnthe present instance, the successive series extend transversely of the ways L2, and thus transversely to the direction of movement of the block, each series having twenty-tour openin this corresponding toeach shoe ot twelve pairs to be heeled, and there being as of these series as the A aximum teen series a, while the other set i .7 A Set, 1

the intermediate series 15.

be observed, has the open' L series alined in direction of the block, but with the openings diiierent sets difi erently alined. arrangement, in which the openings or" each 1 in which are guide openings 58 registering with the openings 48. The openings 58 are tapered at 60 to facilitate the introduction of the nails. The templet is preferably pivoted upon arms 62 near its center at 63, these arms being fulcrumed at 64 upon the inner end of the carriage. The opposite a or forward ends of the arms are connected by a cross-bar 66. Adjustable contact members 67, arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the templet, bear upon the upper face of the carriage and position the templet parallel to the receiver block when it is lowered into co-operation therewith. It is to be noted that the templet serves by its projection 54 to lock the receiver in place, and also directs the nails into the openings 48 and P holds them in a substantially vertical position clear of the adjacent openings. The delivery tubes 26 from the reversing roll extend to a row of openings 68 in a foot-bar 70, there being one of these openings for each nail-holding opening 48 in a transverse series of the sets a or b. The foot-bar. is carried at the extremities of the arms 72, 72 mounted to turn about a horizontal shaft 74 journaled in the frame of the apparatus at the rear'of the carriage. From a crossbar 76, joining these arms, a link 78c0nnects to a lever 80 fulcrumed upon the frame and operated by the cam-disk 32 to swing the foot-bar clear of the templet at regular intervals. This and other movements of the foot-bar will be later described.

Depending from the carriage 44 is a ratchet-plate 82, having a horizontally extending series of teeth. These teeth are engaged by a feed-pawl 84 pivoted upon a slide 86 movable through a bearing block 88 mounted below the ways. Articulated to the slide is an arm 90 upon a rock-shaft 92 journaled in the frame at the inner end of the ways. The rock-shaft also carries an arm 94, pivoted to a lever 96 fulcrumed at 98 upon the frame, and contacting with a cam face upon the disk v32. When the pawl 84 is reciprocated by this actuating mechanism, the carriage with the receiverblock is fed forward in steps equal to the distance between the series of openings of either set against the tension of a spring 100 joining the under side of the carriage to the frame. The carriage is retained in the position to which it is advanced by the fced-pawl'by a pawl 102 pivoted upon a plate 104 movable upon the top of one ofthe ways and arranged for adjustment longitudinally thereof by a screw 106, it be-' ing fixed in position by-screws 108. This v adjustment provides "for'the stopping of return the carriage to its initial position, a-

contact member 110 is fixed upon the inner end of a rod 112 mounted to move through an opening in the front of the frame. The contact member is held normally outward by a spring 114 contained in a recess through which the rod passes and contacting with the bottom of said recess and with a collar 116 threaded into the outer extremity of the opening. l/Vhen this member 110 is forced in against the tension of its spring, an inclined surface at one of its edges contacts with pins l18,- 118 fixed upon the pawls, and forces said pawls out of engage ment with the ratchet teeth. In its return to normal under the tension of the spring 100, the carriage is cushioned by a pneumatic check device, consist-ing of a piston 120 projecting from the rear of the carriage and entering a cylinder 122 formed in the frame. An air valve 124 enables the operator to control the checking'eifect of the pneumatic device. 'The'carriage is stopped with the first or a desired adjacent series of its openings in alinement with the openings of the foot-bar by a long adjustable stopscrew 126 threaded through a portion 7 of the frame. 7

As has already been pointed out, each step of the feeding pawl advances the carriage through a space equal to the distance between successive series ofthe nail-holding openings in their sets a or b, and, to determine which set shall have a series initially presented tothe delivery openings 68 in the foot-bar when the carriage is inconQ tact with the stop-screw 126,.thereis a rel- V ative 'movement of adjustment between the bar and receiving block. I have here shown the bar as thus adjustable. The arms 72 have at their inner ends downward enlargements128, in which are openings to receive eccentrics 130 upon the shaft 74, thesebeing i elongated to permit a travel ofthe arms upon them. Fixed to the shaft between the arms is a diskl32, in the periphery of which v is acamroove 134. Enterin this roove is a pin 136 depending fronii a 'block138 adjustably clamped .toa rod' 1.40 connecting one extremity of the shaft is a'crank 142,

movable substantially through 180 degrees between stop-projections 144 144 from zthe hub of the crank, these projections engage rotation ofthe shaftj Rotation of the crank ment, the eccentrics 130 shiftingjthe footing a lug 146 upon the frame to limit the the arms 72 above the shaft 74." Fixed upon which it may be desired to deliver nailsw will depend upon the number of such nails to be employed in each heeling operation. l provide automatic means for stopping the feed of the carriage when a predetermined number of actuations of the feedingpawl to be employed in each heeling operation. 48 beneath. the openings in the foot-bar. At one side 01" the carriage are two rows of controlling openings 14:6 and 150, these rows cling parallel and adjacent to the edge of the receiver block, when this is in place upon the support, and being equally spaced longitudinally of the ways in the same n'ianner as the nail-receiving openings 48. llitting in the controlling openings, with heads projecting above the carriage, are pins 152 and 15%, which may be positioned in any one of their openings at the beginning of the operation to correspond to the series of nail-holding openings into which the last load of nails is to be delivered. As the carriage is fed forward step by step to receive the nails from the delivery tubes,

the pins approach for contact with the extremity 1560f acontrolling' lever 158 pivoted upon a vertical pm 160 and drawn 111130 the path otat least oneof the controlling pins by a spring 162 connecting the lever with the frame. The end portion'156 is articulated to thev main portion and held normally in the position illustrated in 3 of the drawings by spring 164, it being so drawn by its spring against a contact face on the main portion or" the lever that the two parts move together as a unit under contact with the end portion 156 of one of the controlling pins upon the outward movement of the carriage, while the portion 156 tree to yield and permit the carriage to be moved idly past it when traveling in the opposite direction. The outer extremity of he lever 1.58 has a surface 166 situated normally in alinement with the rod 40. When the rod is supported upon the surface 166, the stop bar 38 is released from the driving disk 39 and the operation 01" the distributing apparatus follows; but, when the lever is swung in a clockwise direction, viewed in Fig. of the drawings, by the contact of onset the pins 152, 15 i with its extremity 156, the supporting surface is carried from beneath the rod, allowing the latter to fall to return the bar 38 into engagement wit-h 188 rising i1 the disk to stop the action of the apparatus. W hen the lever and stop-rod are in cooperation, the extent to which the former may be turned by its spring 162 is limited by an abutment 168 rising at the inner side of the supporting surface and bearing against the rod. To start the action of the apparatus it has been stopped by the dropping of the rod, said rod may be returned to its raised position upon the suritace 166 by lever 170 iulcruniied on the frame and having at one side a lug 172 operating between collars 1? e, 1'14 fixed to the rod,

l i hethor or not the second set l) of: the series of na1l-receiv1ng openings 48 is preset Z) is loaded to malte up the total. Since then, the contact pm 154 will be set nea or 1: the extremity 156 of the stop-lever 158 than is )ning the element 156 for co-o r Uh, the pin 152 only, and then for hitting it into co-operation with the pin 51. .lfre'ferahly, this is elitected as an inident to the operation of adjusting ot-bar to aline its delivery openings with he sets of nail-receiving openings (4 and i) ii the block. The portion 176 of the pin 6 within the controlling lever 158 is eccentric, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawgs, the extent of this eccentri ity being substantially equal to the distance betwe n the rows of openings 14-8 and 150. 1 ising from the upper face or the eccentric is a crank pin 178 entering an opening in the under side of the pivoted end 180 oi an ce- At the opposite extremity centric rod 182. of this rod is a strap 184i surrounding an eccentric 186 on the shaft 74. When the shaft turned by its crank to bring the foot-bar openings into co-operation with one another of the sets of nai recei 4 openings and h, the IOtltillilll or tric 186 causes the eccentric rod to rota e the vertical eccentric 1? 6, thus placing tl lever portion 156 in the path of the pin 152 when only the set of nail-receiv' openi'" is to be employed, and carrying it into path or the companion pin 15st when are to also betalren from the set-5. A pi n the eccentric 176 con with the end 180 01" the eccentric rod limit the angle through which the eccen'i 176 may be turned.

l Vhen tie receiver bloclris to be the templet is raised, the block placed upon the pin 152, the apparatus includes means not only advantageous in bringing aboutthe carriage against its stop 52 and locked thereon by lowering the templet until the openings of the block and templet are alined and the projection 54- engages the front of.

the block. Let it be assumed, that in using the apparatus the receiver blocks are to be loaded for attaching heels with fifteen nails each. For this purpose, the 152 is placed in the last opening of the row 148, and the pin 154: in the second, opening of the row 150. The crank 142, at the beginning of the operation, occupies the position illustrated in the drawings. Then, when the carriage is in contact with the stopscrew 126, the openings 68 of the foot-bar will be positioned above the first series of openingsof the set a The operator starts the apparatus by raising the lever 170 to carry the rod 40 upon the supporting surface 166. The -distributor then delivers a load of nails through its tubes 26 into the guide openings 58 of the templet, through which they fall into the first series of receiving openings of the block. The footbar is thereupon raised by its lever system, and the carriage with the block and templet thus freed is fed one step so-that the second series of the set of-openings a is alined with the delivery openings of the foot-bar.

Following this the footbar descends, interference of the nails with this movement being prevented by the templet, and a second load of nails is fed. This continues until the last series of this set has been loaded, at which time the pin 152 contacts with the extremity 156 of the s'top leven- The latter is thereby swung about its fulcrum to remove the supporting surtace from beneath the stop-rod, which falls and brings the bar 38 into stopping engagement with the driving disk There have thus been supplied thirteen nails, ot' the load for a heel. The operator then returns the carriage to its initial positiomand revolves the crank 142 until the other stop 144 contacts with the projection 146. The resultant oblique movement of the toot-bar, under the influence of the eccentrics 130 and camacross the end of the row of controlling openings 150. The apparatus may then be started by again lifting the lever 170, and the first two series of the set I) are loaded, the action of the apparatus being stopped by the contact of the pinl5 l with the lever portion 156 in the same manner as already described. Thearrangement of the series of nail-receiving openings in plural sets is the grouping of the greater number of openings within the area in which they must be placed, but also enables the operator to supply, for a nailing operation, dilierent lengths of nails, since the first set may be loaded with nails of one character, and

other setswith nails of different character,

Having described my invention, what I I as of different lengths.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a distributing apparatus, a receiver having series of articleholding devices disposed in difi'erently arranged setsa-nd with the devices of each set extendingbetween those 01" another set.

2. In a dlstrlbuting apparatus, a receiver having series of article-holding devices,

with the devices of successive series ditl erently alined and said series extending between adjacent series in a direction transverse to their alinement.- V

3. In a nail-distributor, a block having parallel staggered. series of nail-holding 0 )enin s each series havin its 0 enin s extending between the openings of adjacent series 4:. Ina distributing apparatus, a receiver having series of article-holding devices disposed in. diii'erentlyarranged set-s, means for delivering articles to the receiver, and means for producing relative movement between the receiver and delivery means to cause the delivery to different series of holding devices. 1

5. In a. distributing apparatus, a movable receiver having series of article-holding devices extending transversely to the direction of movement, the devices of successive series being alined in such direction oi movement, 7

the receiver being provided with other series o'lf' holding devices arranged in alternation with those first mentioned and being differently alined in the direction oi movement, means for delivering articles to the receiver, and means for producing relative movement between the receiver and thedelivery means to cause the delivery to different series of holding devices. J

6. In a distributing apparatusa movable receiver having series of article-holding devices disposed in differently arranged setsf means for delivering articles to the receiver, and means arranged to produce relative movement between the receiver and delivery means to cause the co-operation of the delivery means with a particular set of holding devices. I

7. In a distributing apparatus, a mov able receiver having series of article-holding devices disposed in differently arranged sets, means for delivering articles to the receiver, means for producing relative movement between the receiver and delivery means to cause the delivery to different series of holding devices, and means ar,- ranged to-produce relative movement he tween the receiver and delivery means to cause the delivery to different sets of bold iticie-hclding dearranged sets, o he I'GCQf-JQI,

n ans r :1 1 er to cause the delivery to succe E of h lding devices of one set, Y the delivery meais particular set 0' in a CllStll C iiQ receive 3 1' r l noes uzsposed in sets rranged to move rltien with a s, a movable deliverin in a distributing a iparatus, a movring series article-holding leans 1 r delivering articles to the means arranf-d to produce eblique moyeinent of the receiver livery means to change delivery one series to another. a distributing apparatus, a mov- "eceiver havinga series of articleholdextending transversely to the movement and another series devices dillerently arranged or of the receiver, for delivering articles to the recei er, anc means arranged to produce relative obl que movement to the recei er and delivery means to changethe delivery from one series to the next. c

12. In a distributing apparatus, a receiver havin series at articleholding devices, means t'or d livering articles to the receiver, power-o er 1 ted m ans "i -or advancing the re ceiver to successively bring series of hold ng devices into e e-operation With the (lelzvery means, an operator-controlled means l4 a nail-distriinitor, a block having; S6113. nail-receiving openings, each series extendi across the block and said series 1 "*"cel one another in a direction at an angle he extension of the lndividual series, the openings of alternate series being d li erently ed in the direction of succession of the series, means for delivering nails to a series of openings, means for advancing the bleclr step by step to bring; alternate series of openings into co-operation with the delivery means, and means arranged to transfer the deli'rery means from one alinement to another.

15 In a nail-distributor, a block having; series of nail-receiving openings, each series extending across the block and said series succeedinn one anothe in a direction at an angle to the extension the individual i the openings of successive series being 'ereutly alined in the direction of sucsession ct. the series, means for delivering nails to series of openings, means for advanci the block by step to bring; alternatc series of openings into co-operation With the delivery means, andmeans arranged to transfer the delivery means "from one alineinent to another and to simultaneouf shitt the delivery means to change the delivery "from one series or". openings to the next.

1.6. In a nail-distributor, nail-delivery means, naihreceiver, means for feeding the receiver beneath the delivery means, an actuating me her, and means carried by the actuating nfeiaber for moving the delivery 'means obliquely to the direction or" teed.

CD ff) xuei parallel to the row of conduits, he series being arranged in sets differently in the Jection 0t feed, and means arranged to cause the delivery conduits to register with series of any one of the sets in p eparation tor the feed of the supperi 19. in a nail-distributor, nail-delive v including a row of conduits, a su port means feeding the support beneath the delivery JQ'illS at an angle to the res Isw a block mounted upon the sun H t havin series of nail -hcldirinf oneuineis extending parallel to the row oi units the series being: arranged in sets s. rently alin'ed in the direction of feed. a shart. an eccentric and a cam carried by the shaft and co-operating with the delivery i'u ans the throivsot the eccentric and cam COZLSSDOHCllDQ, respectively to the space between successive series ofoneninpgs and to the difference in alinement of said series "the delivery means, the selecting series ofarticle-holdinsr devices disposed "n diilerently arranged sets, means for delivering articles to the're'ceiver, said receiver and delivery means being relatively mo able. means for controlling the relative movement with respect to a plurality of sets of holding devices. and selecting means ar ranged to cause the co-operationot one or another ot the sets or" holding: devices with means also det-errninin; the particular set controlled.

252. In a distributing apparatus, a receiver having series of articleholdingdevices disposed in differen ly arranged sets, means for deliver ng articles to the receiver, said receiver and delivery means being relatively movable. means for controlling the relative movement with respect to a plurality of sets of holding" devices. means arranged to move the delivery means into co-operation with one or nother of the sets of holding devices, and means arranged to correspondingly move an element of the controlling means.

23. In a distributing apparatus, a receiver havin series of article-holding devices disposed in differently arranged sets, means for delivering articles to the receiven said receiver and delivery means being relatively movable. means for controlling; the relative movement w th respect to a plurality of sets of holding devices. means arranged to move he delivery means into co-operation with one or another of the sets ot holding devices, means arran qed to correspondingly move an element of the controlling means, and an actuatino' member common to the moving means. I

2 ln nail. -distributor, a block having series or nail-receiv ng openings succeeding one another in diiierent alinernent in the direction at progression of the series. means For deliv r ng nails to the block. said block re delivery means being relatively movable. means for controlling such relative movement. said controllino" means including rows of demos corresponding to the difler- (mtlv alined series of nail-receiving openings. and means arranged for determining which row of controlling devices shall be et'tective.

25. In a nail-distributor. a movable block having series of nail-receivinq openina's suc eedino o e another in dit'terent alinement in the direction of progression of the series, means tor deliveringnails to the block, a member movable withthe block and provided with rows of controlling ope nings corresponding to'the differently alin series of nail-receiving openings, there he 'ing pins for insertion in the controlling openings, operatingmechanism for the block, mechanism for controlling the operatingmechanism and including contact mom-- ber projecting'into the of the pins in the controlling openings, and means arranged to vary the relation of the contact member to the rows ct controlling openingsf" 4 26;"In a nail-distributor, movable block having series of nail-receiving openings succeeding one anotherin different alinement in the direction of progression of the series, movable means for delivering nails to the block, a member movable with the block and providedwith rows of controlling openings corresponding to the difierently alined series of nail-receiving openings, there being pins tor insertion in the controlling openings, operatmgmechamsm for the'block, mechanism and including; a contact member projecting into the path of movement or". the pins in the controlling openings, and means arranged to simultaneously move the delivery means and vary the relation of the contact member to the rows of controlling openings.

27. In a nail-distributor, nail-delivery means including a row of conduits, a support, means for feeding the support beneath.

ber movable into and'out of co-operationv th a group with the receiver and provided of openings, there being inclu vd in this group an opening correspondin o'each receiving opening; and all such openings of the group in the guide member being arranged path of movement.

a receiver hay an 'nism for controlling the operating mechafor alinementsimultaneously with the rcceiver-openings.

29. In a nail-distributor, a receiver having nail-holding openings, nail-delivery means movable into and out of cooperation with the receiver, and a guide member interposed between the receiver and delivery means and having guide openings corresponding to the nail-holding openings.

30; In a nail distributor, a support, a re-- ceiver mounted thereon and having i1ei1- holding openings, 21- member arranged to enthe receiver and having guide openings, said member being attached to the support for movement toward and from the receiver to thereby secure or release the receiver and carry its openings into or out of elinement with those of the receiver.

31., In anail-distributor, a receiver having nail-holding openings, a guide member provided with openings arranged for respective elinement with the nail-holding openings and being mounted for movement into and out of cooperation with the receiver, and a delivery member movable into 1923, upon the application ofJoseph H. Pope,

Certificate of Correction. It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,471,354, granted Octok of Hamilton, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Distributing Apparatus,, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 4, strike out present line-7'18 and insert instead the Words has brought a particular series of openingghand that I the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

KARL FENNING, Aer mg Commissioner of Patents.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of January,

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